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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

NOBODY CARES ANYMORE

Posted by on Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:29 AM

Seriously, Slate.

 

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Joe Szilagyi 1
No way. Best season yet, since they're actually answering things, in their weirdo Lindeloff & Abrams way.

But seriously--they can't possible make the ending any more bizarre than the ending of Battlestar Galactica was, so based on that alone and them saying they've been planning all this out makes me want to see how it ends, after spending the past five years going "WTF?"
Posted by Joe Szilagyi http://www.joeszilagyi.com on March 3, 2010 at 11:35 AM
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I read Slate's comments on Lost every week. If you don't like something, can't you just ignore it? The internet's a big place, after all.
Posted by catsnbanjos on March 3, 2010 at 11:36 AM
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Thank you! No one cares!
Posted by balmonter on March 3, 2010 at 11:36 AM
4
Because you don't Dan - You are such a stereo-typical self involved fool, being gay helps that along you know
Posted by You Don't Care Anymore on March 3, 2010 at 11:37 AM
5
This season is absolutely sucktastick so far. I worked hard to get caught up on the last five seasons online so I could watch the final season in real time. What a waste.
Posted by Mason on March 3, 2010 at 11:38 AM
6
...about Lost? No one cares about Lost? Is that what you're saying here?

Out of touch much, Dan?
Posted by MBI on March 3, 2010 at 11:39 AM
7
theres tons of stuff I don't care about on the internet! I could blog about all of it!

or I could just let people enjoy the stuff they enjoy without telling them that no one cares about it.

I couldn't make it through a single season of lost, but i watch doctor who, so who am i to judge?
Posted by cpt. tim on March 3, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Callie 8
Yes, people do still care. Shame on you for assuming.
Posted by Callie http://www.facebook.com/Klosetnerd on March 3, 2010 at 11:43 AM
9
Really? Disliking Lost is a side-effect of my homosexuality? Or is self-involvement-to-the-point-of-not-being-able-to-get-into-a-particular-television-series one of the side-effects of homosexuality?

But I love Modern Family and 30 Rock!
Posted by Dan Savage on March 3, 2010 at 11:45 AM
Mary P. Traverse 10
Dan you are so wrong. Come upstairs, every last one of us in Production is an addict.
Posted by Mary P. Traverse http://mptsketchbook.blogspot.com on March 3, 2010 at 11:45 AM
11
Oh, Mary. I'm disappointed in you.

Not because of the Lost thing, but because you wouldn't give me your Mac N' Cheese the other day. I'm still hurt.
Posted by Dan Savage on March 3, 2010 at 11:47 AM
12
Am I the only one who saw Battlestar's ending coming two seasons away?
Posted by patrick.colvin on March 3, 2010 at 11:47 AM
13
#12 if you saw that coming two seasons away, I salute you. because it was incoherent.
Posted by cpt. tim on March 3, 2010 at 11:49 AM
I'm 85 Years Old 14
I care Dan. I care at least twice as much about Lost as where your favorite Starbucks is and why as you travel the world.
Posted by I'm 85 Years Old on March 3, 2010 at 11:54 AM
15
The latter of the two Dan!!
Posted by You Don't Care Anymore on March 3, 2010 at 11:55 AM
16
30 Rock isn't that funny.
Posted by paulus on March 3, 2010 at 11:56 AM
elenchos 17
I care a lot about Lost. It's still a good show.

It makes a lot more sense to care about how a TV series ends than to believe that because "your" sports team won a game it reflects well on your city, college or country. That would be like me believing because I like Jack and Kate fucked Jack that means Kate is going to fuck me.

TV fans are just fans but sports fans are delusional and they get sooooo pissed off if you have the nerve to say so.
Posted by elenchos on March 3, 2010 at 11:56 AM
michael strangeways 18
shut UP, Dan!

WE are not NOBODIES!!!!!

The ratings for the final episode will be HUUUUUGE!

Go listen to your "Hello Dolly" cast album for the 9 millionth time and leave us ALONE!!!!
Posted by michael strangeways http://www.seattlegayscene.com/ on March 3, 2010 at 11:58 AM
cheerio 19
What's LOST? Is that some sort of newfangled hoo-la-hoop?
Posted by cheerio on March 3, 2010 at 11:58 AM
michael strangeways 20
Modern Family is cute, but hugely overrated (that fat gay guy and the fat Hispanic kid are great; everyone else is overacting...) and 30 Rock WAS great and jumped the shark this year.
Posted by michael strangeways http://www.seattlegayscene.com/ on March 3, 2010 at 12:00 PM
CodyBolt 21
You also don't like Glee. So yeah you’re kind of out of touch. I still love you but srsly it's not cool yet to hate on Glee (wait for the second season at least) and its not cool anymore to hate on Lost. (yeah yeah you got frustrated) As an FYI tho it is still cool to hate hero's.
Posted by CodyBolt on March 3, 2010 at 12:02 PM
22
I don't care = nobody cares.

At least in one person's ego-inflated world.
Posted by bigyaz on March 3, 2010 at 12:04 PM
heywhatsit!? 23
Not that my opinion matters more than anyone else's but it's the internet, goddammit, and my voice will be heard.

I never cared.
Posted by heywhatsit!? on March 3, 2010 at 12:09 PM
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I love 'Lost'. I think it's some of the best, most provocative and challenging writing you will ever see in such a mass-medium about issues of spirituality, faith and redemption. And it's cheesy and fun.

And, I thank you Dan, for pointing me to another write-up of the show. Part of my enjoyment of the show is reading smart people ruminating on the episodes as they come out.
Posted by Deep and Cheesy on March 3, 2010 at 12:11 PM
samanthaf63 25
Slate carries a lot of writeups for shows I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole as well as doing NO writeups for shows I follow religiously. I also don't care for their "we're hip and if you don't agree with us, you're not" stance. So who cares what Slate thinks? Not me.
Posted by samanthaf63 on March 3, 2010 at 12:15 PM
hillpagan 26
14 for the WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by hillpagan on March 3, 2010 at 12:17 PM
27

No way, Dan:

Lost-watchers rule; you drool.

Posted by Gillian Anderson on March 3, 2010 at 12:20 PM
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Ha. I just read that Slate article and it is not "smart people ruminating on the episodes as they come out." It's a bare-bones listing of wackiness. There are some great writers tackling the show. The attempt to make sense of 'Lost' is as entertaining as the show itself.

Some examples, for other nobodies who care:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtrac…

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20313460…

And, my favorite...

http://www.sl-lost.com/tag/pearson-moore…
Posted by Deep and Cheesy on March 3, 2010 at 12:22 PM
Mary P. Traverse 29
@16, Paulus, you are also so wrong.

@11 Dan, I have cookies but no Mac n Cheese today. Would you like a cookie?
Posted by Mary P. Traverse http://mptsketchbook.blogspot.com on March 3, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Spiegel 30
Yes I do.

Gillian Anderson works at the Stranger?
Posted by Spiegel on March 3, 2010 at 12:28 PM
Matt from Denver 31
Elenchos: the registered, longtime slog participant who's as bad as any anonymous loser troll.
Posted by Matt from Denver on March 3, 2010 at 12:34 PM
MLP 32
@12 - no. My husband saw it coming two seasons away (as did I) and he didn't even watch it. Just happened to be in the same house as someone who did.
Posted by MLP on March 3, 2010 at 12:45 PM
kim in portland 33
My bad. I don't care either. Kudos to those that do.

I do like Modern Family and 30 Rock, though. I'll admit that Cougar Town has made me laugh a time or two.
Posted by kim in portland http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/fast-paced_video_provides_a_fu.html on March 3, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 34
What is this "television" of which you speak?
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on March 3, 2010 at 1:01 PM
Mary P. Traverse 35
@34, sorry Fifty-Two-Eighty, I can't resist: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/286…
Posted by Mary P. Traverse http://mptsketchbook.blogspot.com on March 3, 2010 at 1:15 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 36
Ah, Mary, but I own two of them. They're just not connected to anything. :-)
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on March 3, 2010 at 1:23 PM
giffy 37
Exactly! All anyone cares about know is Pitbulls and kiddy fucking priests. That and what coffee shops you go to.
Posted by giffy on March 3, 2010 at 1:29 PM
Will in Seattle 38
Yes we do care.

Now, I hear next episode they have Jack bungee jump from the Lighthouse while Sahid does the moonwalk.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on March 3, 2010 at 1:32 PM
Mary P. Traverse 39
@36 :) Actually I'm the same way... I own one, but it's only hooked up to my computer. But I get my Lost fix at a friend's house. (She just got a flatscreen even bigger than Savage's... it was overwhelming watching Lost on it, especially since I was buzzed...)
Posted by Mary P. Traverse http://mptsketchbook.blogspot.com on March 3, 2010 at 1:37 PM
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are 5280, Fnarf and Will in Seattle (assuming they are different people) paid by the comment, to post here?
Posted by I gotta ask, it's driving me nuts on March 3, 2010 at 1:40 PM
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Okay, so (1) it's incredible that people are actually getting defensive about this but also (2) LOST is great. In fact, I will say that LOST is great enough to outweigh its unfortunate consequences: V, FlashForward, etc. etc. etc. The only thing that would make it better would be if the goddamn cast stopped flaunting the law.
Posted by larryniven on March 3, 2010 at 1:44 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 42
@40: No, but Loveschild is.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on March 3, 2010 at 1:52 PM
Will in Seattle 43
@42 is correct.

Also, I think they give anonymous commenters a bagel once a month.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on March 3, 2010 at 2:25 PM
Joe Szilagyi 44
If this post hits the most commented-on box then Slog is Lost.
Posted by Joe Szilagyi http://www.joeszilagyi.com on March 3, 2010 at 2:54 PM
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1. I care.
2. Knock it off with the all caps. It looks like
my mom wrote this post.
Posted by RGW on March 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM
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Modern Family might be the worst popular show since Everyone Loves Raymond.
Posted by c on March 3, 2010 at 3:20 PM
47
Oh, Dan... You're just driving traffic to their site and that article in particular.
Posted by Trioculus on March 3, 2010 at 3:27 PM
48
Nobody cares that you don't care, Dan.
Posted by g on March 3, 2010 at 3:38 PM
nixontapes 49
Whatever, Dan. I bet you're "afraid of clowns" too.
Posted by nixontapes on March 3, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Trinabeana 50
I've thoroughly enjoyed all these comments. I love Lost. A former co-worker (now dear friend) practically forced me to start watching it, and now every week a group of us gathers in her sister's basement to watch it together on their huge-ass tv. We bring snacks, we laugh at the cheesy stuff, we swap theories about what's going to happen next. It's lots of fun. I've never experienced a television show in such a social way before.
Posted by Trinabeana http://www.facebook.com/trinabird on March 3, 2010 at 5:48 PM
Mary P. Traverse 51
@50 "I've never experienced a television show in such a social way before."

That's definitely one of the things I love about it... it's an experience that was common when there were just the 3 big networks, but now it's rare.
Posted by Mary P. Traverse http://mptsketchbook.blogspot.com on March 3, 2010 at 5:55 PM
Trinabeana 52
@51 I don't have cable, so I also watched BSG with some of the same Lost crew, same basement. When we've had these long Lost hiatuses, we missed hanging out together, so a few of us started getting together every week to watch True Blood. Sometimes we would talk and drink wine for so long, we never got around to watching the show. All of this was pretty much inspired by the Lost experience.

I wasn't aware that this was common when there were only 3 networks. I'm thinking maybe Twin Peaks inspired such a thing, but I didn't watch that back when it was on so I don't know.
Posted by Trinabeana http://www.facebook.com/trinabird on March 3, 2010 at 6:06 PM
veo_ 53
@52 Interestingly enough, the same group of people I get together to watch LOST with (a pretty solid group of 10 or so friends - seriously it's like superbowl sunday everytime a new LOST episode is on) had a twin peaks marathon over the last LOST hiatus where we covered both seasons two episodes at a time.

The owls are not what they seem.
Posted by veo_ on March 3, 2010 at 6:29 PM
54
Just because you don't care Dan, doesn't mean no one else does.
Posted by sadini on March 3, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Trinabeana 55
@53 Awesome! We did True Blood two episodes at a time, too. I was watching Twin Peaks with my husband and his friend (who has it on DVD) for a while on a regular basis, but various things have gotten in the way of that routine. I think we were about 3/4 of the way through the whole series. I'm going to suggest to my Lost crew that we watch TP when Lost is over.
Posted by Trinabeana http://www.facebook.com/trinabird on March 3, 2010 at 9:12 PM
Vampireseal 56
What, I didn't get into Lost until last year, and I'm pretty damned hooked.

Is Twin Peaks shown on TV in syndication anymore? I've never seen it, and I'm dying to--it's all anyone talked about years ago, but I was too young to appreciate it.

So you don't care about a show, Dan; I didn't care about the Olympics, and yet, it was on the TV for 2 whole weeks whether I liked it or not. I survived.

Someone out there is caring about Lost, obviously (me!), and someone out there still gave a damn about the Olympics I just still haven't figured out who.
Posted by Vampireseal on March 3, 2010 at 9:45 PM
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Sometimes the men take off their shirts.
Posted by cassie_c on March 4, 2010 at 5:15 AM
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I have no interest in Avatar but it would be silly of me to say no one cares about it. LOST is great, fuck off. For the record though, it's actually true that no one (Dan excluded) cares about Garfunkel and Oates.
Posted by Desmond Linus on March 5, 2010 at 8:04 AM

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